The monster was far too small, only as big as one of the other's
tentacles. At this rate, that humanoid Seven-Star Mutant would never beat the octopus!
Juanjuan kept praying, but those dozen or so tentacles had already coiled around the figure and wrapped her up.
Everyone who saw this couldn't help
sinking into despair. Yet the next second, a woman's voice came from beneath the sea.
"For fuck's sake, I'm not a magical girl! Don't fucking pull your tentacle shit on me!!! God Descent!!!"
The entire fleet fell utterly silent at that instant. Everyone stared wide-eyed at the woman's figure beneath the
surface. No one could believe that someone who seemed like a savior
had actually spouted such a crude meme.
But Juanjuan froze when she heard those words.
Although the tone was slightly different, although her Seven-Star form looked completely different from before... a woman who would swear so freely
in battle-Juanjuan knew only
"It... it really is you!? Mom... Mom!!"
Having just experienced the wildest highs and lows of her life, Juanjuan was so overwhelmed with excitement that she grabbed the railing with both hands and almost jumped over.
Fortunately, the adjutant behind her noticed
that something was wrong with her commanding officer and caught her in time. Otherwise... that leap would probably have been a one-way trip.
"Let go of me! Let go!!"
"Commander! Calm down, Commander!! That's not the Empress!!"
The adjutant was clearly a survivor of Chang'an and knew whom Juanjuan was calling for. Although she had her doubts too-after all, no one but
the Empress would curse like that-a Seven-Star
Mutant shouldn't have two forms.
That was common knowledge.
Besides, if that really was the Empress, wouldn't her dragon form be better suited to fighting in the ocean?
Unconvinced that the woman was